CPT^® 88381, Under Surgical Pathology Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 88381 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Surgical Pathology Procedures.

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A clinician, typically a pathologist, performs a manual microdissection of a patient’s specimen, such as a biopsy or tissue preserved from a previous case.

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